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The 5 biggest legal claims against Bolt from one of its top retail partners

Authentic Brand Group, owner of retail brands like Forever 21 and Brooks Brothers, claims the $11 billion one-click checkout company fell way below expectations.

Christie Smythe

5.6.22 10:13 PM

Outcasts

How Abercrombie & Fitch fell from the height of cool

For a time, cargo pants, shirtless hunks and too much cologne powered the store to the top of the mall ecosystem, but exclusivity and racism ultimately brought the brand down. Its reputation is still recovering.

Amy Lamare

5.3.22 9:05 PM

Features

Robinhood's trail of destruction is catching up to it

The trading app has lost two-thirds of its market value since its IPO, and there are other signs it's in a downward spiral.

Karen K. Ho

5.2.22 9:27 PM

Markets

The curious story of how CUSIP numbers became a Wall Street battleground

CUSIP numbers are like a Dewey Decimal System for stocks and bonds. They’re also a source of illegal monopoly power, according to investor lawsuits.

Doug Bailey

3.25.22 4:51 PM

Markets

How Elon Musk could take Twitter “full crypto”

Crypto Twitter has always been an engaged bunch of users, and now that a Dogecoin enthusiast will be taking the reins, what changes will he make?

Joon Ian Wong

4.29.22 6:51 PM

Crypto

Shein's controversial rise into a $100 billion fast fashion juggernaut

A host of scandals has done little to slow Shein’s rise to the pinnacle of the fast fashion world as consumers snap up its affordable clothes.

Amy Lamare

4.29.22 4:53 PM

Features

Tornado.Cash lets anyone hide their blockchain activity. Its founders say it’s “unstoppable”

The controversial cryptocurrency “mixing service” is caught up in the debate between digital privacy and concerns about money laundering.

Zack Abrams

4.28.22 7:05 PM

Crypto

No one knows who’s on the hook if a DAO gets sued

Believers say DAOs are the future of work, but it’s not clear who gets held accountable if something goes wrong.

Doug Bailey

3.16.22 4:37 PM

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